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   Share , n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]
   The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
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   The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
   Knight.
   
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   Share, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
   A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
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   Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. “My share of fame.” 
   Dryden.
   
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   Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
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   The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.]
   Holland.
   
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   To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.
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   Share, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
   To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
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   Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.
   Swift.
   
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   To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
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   While avarice and rapine share the land.
   Milton.
   
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   To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
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   The shared visage hangs on equal sides.
   Dryden.
   
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   Share , v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
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   A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father.
   Locke.
   
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